Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The Telford Inn and the adjoining former canal account house at Scotch Hall Bridge.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

Trefor Basin, the base of Anglo-Welsh Canal hire boats.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

Scotch Hall Bridge (Bridge 29) is a Telford designed bridge the two side arches were provided for tramway tracks.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The upper terminal basin at Trefor marks the end of the mainline of the canal. Rose Cottage can be seen which was originally a canal office and Wharfinger's Residence.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The central pier in the terminal basin once accommodated horse tramway tracks, later standard gauge railway lines were laid to facilitate easy trans-shipment between local industries and canal boats.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

View towards Scotch Bridge, Rose Cottage - the former Canal Office and Wharfinger's House.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The eastern terminal arm of the canal. Just to the right of the narrow boat is the sealed entrance to the Plas Kynaston Canal.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The eastern terminal arm of the canal. Just to the right of the narrow boat is the sealed entrance to the Plas Kynaston Canal.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

On the left can be seen the narrow terminal dock which once entered to a transhipment warehouse. On the right is the start of the now filled in Plas Kyneston Canal which linked Trefor Basin with Cefn Mawr.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The entrance to the Plas Kynaston Canal which once provided a link to the industries of nearby Cefn Mawr. The canal used to act as a water supply for the nearby Monsanto Chemical works (closed around 2010 and since demolished). However, following a breach in the Llangollen Canal in 1945 and a fall in water levels the chemical works began to extract water from the River Dee. As a consequence through the 1950s the Plas Kynaston Canal was progressively filled in. However, a local group is working to restore the canal to bring canal boats once again into Cefn Mawr.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

View down the eastern terminal arm with the transhipment pier on the right. Scotch Hall Bridge can just be made out in the distance.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The dock at the end of the eastern terminal arm. It is difficult to believe that this was once covered by a large goods warehouse a recreation of which is depicted in an illustration in the book "Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site" by Peter Wakelin.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

View towards Scotch Bridge. Plas Kynaston Canal entrance on the left, Scotch Hall Bridge visible in the back ground and the transhipment pier to the right.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

View from the dock into the eastern terminal arm.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

Some excavation work appears to be going on on the transhipment pier by Reynolds Conservation a specialist company which undertakes the restoration of historic buildings.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

A look into the excavation.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

View along the transhipment pier looking south. It is difficult to believe with all the vegetation that this was once laid with tramway and later railway tracks.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The western terminal arm.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The western terminal arm.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The western terminal arm.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The western terminal arm.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The Plas Kynaston Canal junction and the eastern terminal arm dock.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

Eastern terminal arm viewed from the Plas Kynaston Canal Bridge.

Llangollen Canal - Trefor Basin and Pontcysyllte - April 15, 2021

The other side of the Plas Kynaston Canal bridge at Trefor looking towards Cefn Mawr. Restoring the Plas Kynaston Canal to navigation will certainly present many challenges!